Runaway Hearts
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Bantam, Apr 2001, 5.99, 345 pp.
ISBN: 0553581422
In 1895 Boston, Rutherford Finch bets everything including his daughter's dowry on what he believes is a sure shot with long odds in an upcoming race at Saratoga. However, someone steals the horse, Damien's Curse, while killing the trainer.
Worried about her family's future, amateur scientist Mary Lou Finch travels to Milltown, New York to obtain a job as governess to the son of the ow...